While we're considering how ethical it is to use this data, Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Kevin Bankston considers the publication of the pseudonymized search logs to be a violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, arguing that the search terms are content under federal law and that the law doesn't distinguish between identifiable and non-identifiable communications. That law carries a minimum statutory damages of $1000 per person, which, if Bankston is right, would put AOL on the hook for $658 million minimum, even if it didn't violate its own privacy policy. From: http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/#1535018 Unfortunately, I couldn't find any more information about EFF's or Bankston's views on the matter. Thanks, Wojciech -- Five Minutes to Midnight: Youth on human rights and current affairs http://www.fiveminutestomidnight.or